Long Range Bombers, Average Distance of Shots

20Jun

With the data about distance of all shots in the last 3 years [including playoffs] available on InfiniteDemand.com I couldn’t resist from writing a post full of tables with information aboutPlayers who had The Highest Average Distance of Shots Attempted. For more fun I also added the opposite list: Players who were Living in the Paint [minimum 500 shots attempted].
BTW, Joel Przybilla had an amazing average distance of 1,14 feet but he had only 417 FGA.

Player

FGA

Average Distance

–

Player

FGA

Average Distance

Steve Novak

569

23,36

–

DeAndre Jordan

717

1,71

James Jones

696

22,80

–

Erick Dampier

625

2,12

Eddie House

1429

21,32

–

Andris Biedrins

936

2,54

Daequan Cook

1177

21,26

–

Greg Oden

524

2,59

DeShawn Stevenson

809

20,57

–

Tyson Chandler

1001

2,66

Sasha Vujacic

1271

20,31

–

Ben Wallace

609

2,75

Mike Bibby

2505

20,28

–

Greg Monroe

549

3,10

Roger Mason

1457

20,03

–

Brendan Haywood

816

3,11

Steve Blake

1541

19,99

–

Chuck Hayes

923

3,12

Kyle Korver

1601

19,90

–

Shaquille O’Neal

1597

3,19

Jason Kidd

2173

19,74

–

Louis Amundson

745

3,38

Raja Bell

1212

19,39

–

Joakim Noah

1522

3,40

Jason Kapono

933

19,34

–

Leon Powe

525

3,55

Channing Frye

1931

19,30

–

DeJuan Blair

1131

3,62

Jason Williams

530

19,24

–

Chris Andersen

762

3,90

Peja Stojakovic

1803

19,12

–

Emeka Okafor

1982

3,93

Rudy Fernandez

1708

19,07

–

Kwame Brown

676

3,94

James Posey

1148

18,97

–

Dwight Howard

3344

3,97

Keith Bogans

1006

18,88

–

Kendrick Perkins

1416

4,06

J.J. Redick

1494

18,83

–

Andrew Bynum

1978

4,06

Michael Finley

927

18,69

–

JaVale McGee

1298

4,18

Bobby Simmons

561

18,58

–

Craig Smith

1098

4,19

Mickael Pietrus

1579

18,52

–

Andrew Bogut

1965

4,36

Daniel Gibson

1502

18,47

–

Chris Wilcox

812

4,46

Wesley Johnson

682

18,46

–

Nene

2278

4,77

OK, that’s not exactly a discovery that three-point shooters and big guys without any range would be on opposite sides of that list but IMHO it’s still great trivia stuff that Steve Novak and DeAndre Jordan are the best at something ;-)

And just for comparison sake here’s the list of players with simply the most shots attempted in that period.

Player

FGA

Average Distance

–

Player

FGA

Average Distance

Kobe Bryant

6123

14,18

–

Amare Stoudemire

3790

7,94

LeBron James

5513

13,17

–

Paul Pierce

3774

13,83

Dwyane Wade

5268

11,49

–

Chris Bosh

3768

10,27

Kevin Durant

5064

14,03

–

Jason Terry

3763

16,61

Dirk Nowitzki

4963

13,79

–

Danny Granger

3762

15,37

Derrick Rose

4799

11,70

–

Pau Gasol

3702

6,72

Carmelo Anthony

4758

11,73

–

David West

3636

9,83

Joe Johnson

4532

14,07

–

Zach Randolph

3620

8,08

LaMarcus Aldridge

4136

10,48

–

Ray Allen

3609

16,53

Russell Westbrook

4079

9,70

–

Stephen Jackson

3542

14,16

Westbrook got a lot of criticism for his shot selection but at least he knows his place on the court…
plus it’s just another argument that Kobe became jump-shooter and Durant needs to get stronger.

As a bonus and a follow-up to my previous post about buzzer-beaters from deep I’d like to mention some players who stand out for different reasons…

The Most Shots Attempted Over 30 Feet in the Last 3 Years:

Player

FGA

%

Makes

Avg Distancefor Makes

Misses

Avg Distancefor Misses

J.R. Smith

70

8,57

6

31,67

64

43,14

LeBron James

67

16,42

11

35,36

56

41,59

Derrick Rose

55

1,82

1

40,00

54

48,94

Aaron Brooks

53

9,43

5

31,00

48

47,15

Jamal Crawford

46

8,70

4

39,50

42

42,88

Joe Johnson

43

18,60

8

31,38

35

39,80

Andre Iguodala

40

10,00

4

34,75

36

46,89

Raymond Felton

40

7,50

3

44,33

37

45,00

Dwyane Wade

39

10,26

4

33,75

35

47,49

Caron Butler

38

7,89

3

32,67

35

44,91

Kobe Bryant

38

13,16

5

32,20

33

42,00

Ronald Murray

36

11,11

4

32,75

32

47,75

Andre Miller

35

0,00

0

–

35

50,89

Jason Terry

35

2,86

1

32,00

34

39,59

Kyle Lowry

34

14,71

5

30,60

29

43,55

Devin Harris

32

3,13

1

43,00

31

41,32

Shannon Brown

32

6,25

2

49,50

30

48,57

Beno Udrih

31

3,23

1

31,00

30

46,83

Steve Blake

31

3,23

1

40,00

30

55,27

Monta Ellis

30

6,67

2

38,50

28

45,82

Stephen Jackson

30

0,00

0

–

30

43,57

The Best Efficiency for Shots Over 30 Feet [minimum 10 FGA]:

Player

FGA

%

Makes

Avg Distancefor Makes

Misses

Avg Distancefor Misses

Marco Belinelli

17

29,41

5

41,00

12

59,58

Darren Collison

11

27,27

3

32,67

8

46,25

Terrence Williams

11

27,27

3

46,67

8

46,88

Vince Carter

29

24,14

7

32,57

22

46,68

Ron Artest

13

23,08

3

35,00

10

52,00

Jameer Nelson

24

20,83

5

34,60

19

39,21

Leandro Barbosa

25

20,00

5

35,20

20

43,80

Carlos Delfino

10

20,00

2

30,50

8

41,00

Tracy McGrady

10

20,00

2

30,00

8

44,13

Joe Johnson

43

18,60

8

31,38

35

39,80

Al Harrington

11

18,18

2

40,00

9

43,33

Jordan Farmar

11

18,18

2

31,00

9

43,33

Stephen Curry

28

17,86

5

30,40

23

42,87

LeBron James

67

16,42

11

35,36

56

41,59

Jason Richardson

25

16,00

4

30,00

21

39,48

The Highest Average Distance for All Shots Missed Over 30 Feet [minimum 10 FGA]:

8 responses to “Long Range Bombers, Average Distance of Shots”

It may look like Westbrook knows his place on the court based on average shot distance but if you look at his high raw quality of mid-rangers per game and his low FG% from 10-23 feet, it will look quite different, at least to me.